89R7937 MM-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 972
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursement rates for child-care providers
participating in the Texas Rising Star Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2308.3151, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Each board may reimburse a Texas Rising Star Program
provider in the board's area at the board's maximum rate of
reimbursement for the provider's Texas Rising Star Program rating
level regardless of the provider's published rate only if paying
the higher reimbursement rate does not reduce the commission's
target performance measure for the average number of children
served each day for children receiving subsidized child care in the
workforce development area served by the board.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.